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  1. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › fancifulFanciful Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of FANCIFUL is marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience. How to use fanciful in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Fanciful.

  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFANCIFUL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    not likely to succeed or happen in the real world: He has some fanciful notion about converting one room of his apartment into a gallery. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not believable. belief. by no stretch (of the imagination) idiom. fancifully. far-fetched. fishy. implausibility. implausible. implausibly. incredible. joke. kid.

  3. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › fancifulFanciful - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    having the ability or power to create, especially something new or imaginative. adjective. not based on fact; unreal. “"the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt” synonyms: imaginary, notional. unreal. lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria. adjective.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › fancifulFANCIFUL Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Fanciful definition: characterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical in appearance. See examples of FANCIFUL used in a sentence.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryFANCIFUL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    FANCIFUL meaning: 1. not likely to succeed or happen in the real world: 2. not likely to succeed or happen in the…. Learn more.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishFANCIFUL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If you describe an idea as fanciful, you disapprove of it because you think it comes from someone's imagination, and is therefore unrealistic.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › fancifulFanciful - definition of fanciful by The Free Dictionary

    1. not based on fact; dubious or imaginary: fanciful notions. 2. made or designed in a curious, intricate, or imaginative way. 3. indulging in or influenced by fancy; whimsical. ˈfancifullyadv. ˈfancifulnessn.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionfanciful adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    fanciful. adjective. /ˈfænsɪfl/ (often disapproving) based on imagination and not facts or reason. Admittedly, this may be a fanciful and unrealistic goal. During their mission, they encounter all kinds of bizarre and fanciful creatures. Want to learn more?

  9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishFANCIFUL | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    Something that is fanciful comes from someone's imagination and so is probably not true or real: a fanciful story (Definition of fanciful from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

  10. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › fancifulfanciful | meaning of fanciful in Longman Dictionary of...

    fanciful meaning, definition, what is fanciful: imagined rather than based on facts – of...: Learn more.